Automobile trunk and equipment therefor



June 2; 1925. 1,540,568

J. E. REBOURS AUTOMOBILE TRUNK AND EQUIPMENT THEREFOR Filed Sept. 15. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 2, 1925. v 1,540,568

J. 'E. REBOURS AUTOMOBILE TRUNK AND EQUIPMENT THEREFOR Filed Sept. 15.11923 2 Sheets$heet 2 I MVZJZ Z01": /Zea EReZour;

Patented June 2, 1925.

1 g1 JULES nanouns, For emnnfnarrns, MICHIGAN.

auroitoarm monk Equrrmmv'r THEREFOR.

if Application flled September To all rl lzo i z f'z' t' 'liidj 601mm;- Be it knownthat IyJULES E, Rr noUns, a citizen of the 'United" States, residing at Grand Rapidsjin the county of Kent and- State of l\-Iichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile Trunks and Equipment Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

The presentinventlon'relates. to trunks or boxes, adapted to be mounted on or car-v ried by automobiles and' the like, and to the cquipment for said trunks or boxes; audits olnect 18, to provide such a box or trunk whose side or'end walls are removable and are furnishedfwith folding legs adapted to support said walls horizontally when removed from the rest of the structure, and to thus form tables, seats and the like; a fur ther object being to provide a bed whose frame maybe compactly folded and inserted into such a box or trunk.

This and any other objects hereinafter ap pearing are attained by, and the invention finds preferable embodiment in, the structure or structures hereinafter particularly described in the body of this specification and illustrated by the accompanying draw-.

ings. in which Figure 1 is a left hand side view of the rear portion of an automobile showing my improved box or trunk carried thereby;

Figure 2 is a rear view of said trunk or box:

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the same taken on a vertical plane corresponding to line 33 of Figure 4;

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the same taken on a horizontal plane corresponding to line 44 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of a portion thereof sectioned on line 33 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of a portion of the trunk sectioned on line 6-6 of F igure 2;

Figure 7 is a rear view of the samevportion of the trunk;

Figure 8 is a side view of parts of the frame of a bed with which the trunk is equipped;

Figure 9 is a side view of said bed in operative or usable position;

15, 1923; 1 Serial No. 662,798.

"Figure '11 is a top plan view of a pair of posltsjof the bed and their connecting side 1111 1 Figure 12 is an inner side view of the removed rear wall of the trunk; v

v Figure 13 is an edgewi'se view of the same, showing it in table-forming position; and

Figure 14 is an end view of one of the removed end walls of the trunk, showing it in seat-forming position.

In the embodimentof the invention chosen for illustration by the accompanying drawings and forfldetailed' description in the .body of this specification, my improved box or trunk is shown in Figure 1 mounted at the rear of an automobile. This box has a bottom 1, side wall 3, rear side wall 4 and adjacent end walls 5, 6. The rear side wall and the end walls are removably mounted, so that they may be removed from the rest of the box or structure and used for the purposes hereinafter explained. To effect this removable mounting, the end walls 5, 6 are provided with hooks 7 adjacent their lower edges adapted to engage in keepers or sockets 8 in the bottom 1 of the box, as particularly shown in Figure 5. By means of this construction the end walls 5, 6 may be swung outwardly at their upper edges to draw these hooks 7 out of their keepers.

or sockets 8. The rear side wall 4 is detachably connected with the adjacent end walls 5. 6 respectively by latches 9 pivotally mounted on the rear wall and adapted to holdingly engage the keepers 10 carried by the end walls 5, 6, as particularly shown in Figures 6 and 7.

These end walls 5, 6 are provided on their inner sides with folding legs 11 hingedly mounted thereon at 12 as seen in Figure 14 and adapted to be swung away from the under side of said end walls, whereupon pins 13 may be inserted into holes in the legs or double hooks 14 may be applied to hold these legs in positionto support the end walls horizontally (as shown in Figure 14) whereuponsaid end walls may serve as seats or chairs. The rear side wall 4 is likewise provided on its inner side with folding legs 15 hingedly mounted thereon at 16 as seen in Figures 12 and 13 and adapted to be swung to the position seen inFigure 13, whereupon this rear side wall, being supported horizontally, may serve as a table.

This rear side wall. 4 has on its inner" (i. e., My box or trunk aflords space for receiw its under side in its table-formin position ,shown inFigure 13) a drawer 1 slidably mounted in guides 18 and so positioned between the 0 against opening movement as seen in Figure 12.

'I provide, as a part of the equipment of the box or trunk, abed adapted to be comactly folded and inserted into the box. his bed has a bed frame comprising. two pairs of upright posts 20, 30 each pair be,- mg connected by a side rail 21 or 22 having portions 23, hmgedly-connected at 24: so that they may be compactly folded together in parallel relation as shown in Figures 4 and 8. It will be seen that inasmuch as the upper surface of one side rail-21 connecting one pair of the posts 20 is in -a lower plane than the lower surface of the vother side rail 22- connecting the other pair of posts 30, the airs of posts and their connecting 'side mi; may be compactly positioned in' the box or trunk, as seen inFigur 4, thus economizing space. Transversely extending bars 31' respectively carrying the opposite ends of a flexible sheet 32 connect the side 'rails together, the sockets 33 at the op osite ends of these bars receiving remova ly the upper ends 34 of one of each pair of posts, V1Z, one post. 20 and one post 30.

ded legs as to be held thereby.

.ing various articles, such as a tent 40, a

camp stove indicated at 41 and the like. 4

It will be seen that m box or trunk-and vits said equipment provi es in very'eompactform camping furniture adapted for automobile'touring and the like; A 'suit' case 42 may bestrapped on the top of the box or trunk, and a cover 43 may be applied beneath it, as shown.

The invention being'intended to be pointed out in the claim, is not to be limited to or by details of construction of the particular embodiment or embodiments thereof illustrated by the drawings or hereinbefore shown or described.- a a I claim:

In a structure of the character described: a box having removably mounted adjacent walls, at least one of which is provided on its inner side with a slidable drawer and with folding legs adapted in their operative position to support said wall horizontally when removed from the rest of the structure, the drawer being so positioned between the folded legs as to be held thereby against opening movement.

In testimon whereof I have hereunto set my hand at rand Rapids, Michigan, this 11th daycof September, 1923.

, JULES E. REBOURS. 

